1. 2 key events in chapters 20-25 are….
A key quote from chapters 20-25 is
…. because….

2. A successful coursework essay….
Will not include too much contextual detail (only worth 2%) and
will comment on how this affect the way a text is read
Will avoid generalisations
Will identify literary device (metaphors etc.)
Will explore and analyse language, structure and form
Will construct an argument

3. What is wrong with this extract….?
The character of Mortimer Cropper also reflects this theme of
possession in his powerful desire to possess objects
connected to Ash and any knowledge about the poet. Cropper
tells Blackadder: “I intend to have those letters if I can[…]And I
intend to find out the rest[…] What became of their child.
What they concealed from us. I intend to know.”

4. What is good about this extract?
The character of Mortimer Cropper also reflects this theme of
possession in his powerful desire to possess objects
connected to Ash and any knowledge about the poet. Cropper
tells Blackadder: “I intend to have those letters if I can[…]And I
intend to find out the rest[…] What became of their child.
What they concealed from us. I intend to know.” At first
Cropper sounds uncertain, using the qualifying statement “if I
can” but as his speech continues he becomes more adamant,
the repetition of “I intend” emphasises his certainty and the
final italics suggest the importance of his need to possess
knowledge. The structure of this speech is interesting in that
the sentences become shorter and simpler, building up to a
climax and suggesting perhaps that Cropper is driven or
possessed by the need to know what happened.

5. How is the theme of possession
developed in Ch 20-25?
I told him, ‘You should not mock, I have no power to summon
spirits. I am their instrument; they speak through me, or
not, as they please, not as I please.’ P. 395
“That you were chosen as their crystal cup
Their bright transluscent Vessel, where ev’n I
With all my weary wisdom, might drink deep” p. 406
“He wants to buy what we know, or find out if we know
anymore. He wants the letters. He wants to have the
story.” p. 420

6. P. 387
What does this letter suggest about religion in
the Victorian period?
Select 1 or 2 short quotes and analyse them.
• You do not include too much contextual detail (only • Do not include too much contextual detail
worth 2%) (only worth 2%)
• You avoid generalisations • Avoid generalisations
• You identify literary device (metaphors etc.)
• You explore and analyse language
• Identify literary device (metaphors etc.)
• You explore and analyse structure or form • Explore and analyse language
• Explore and analyse structure or form
Extension: You construct an argument • Try to construct an argument

7. Structure:
How does Byatt begin to move towards a resolution
in the final chapters of the novel?
How might this link to the theme of possession?
• Do not include too much contextual detail
(only worth 2%)
• Avoid generalisations
• Explore and analyse structure, commenting on
effect and the writer’s intention.
• Try to construct an argument

8. HWK: Reread chapters 25 to the
end of the novel
Select a quote for 2 themes, annotate both, in detail, and post it on the blog:
Possession
Gender roles
Science/religion
Fairytales/myth
Freedom vs restiction/safety
Resurrection and death
Must be posted on the blog before Tuesday’s lesson
• Do not include too much contextual detail
(only worth 2%)
• Avoid generalisations
• Identify literary device (metaphors etc.)
• Explore and analyse language
• Explore and analyse structure or form
• Try to construct an argument